Andreas McConnell

  • Partner
  • Law Society of Ireland
  • Executive member of Multilaw
  • Solicitor, Law Society of Ireland (1998)
  • Diploma in E-Commerce Law, Law Society of Ireland (2001)
  • Diploma in Applied European Union Law, Law Society of Ireland (1999)

Andreas is a Chambers and Legal 500 ranked senior partner specialising in Irish and international corporate matters.

He joined the firm in 2009 and established the corporate department leading it until 2024, by which time it had succesfully grown to a 15 partner M&A team. The department is ranked by both Chambers and Legal 500 with transaction volume listed by Experian and Mergermarket consistently placing it within the top 6 M&A teams in Ireland.

Andreas has acted as lead partner on a very broad spectrum of transactions including venture capital and private equity financings, foreign direct investment, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, takeover bids, IPOs, MBOs and restructurings.

His expertise spans many sectors including life sciences, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, technology, logistics, energy, media, entertainment, franchising and investment services.

Since 2015, Andreas has been a director of Multilaw, a market leading international network of full service law firms. With 15,000 lawyers in 100 countries and a combined annual revenue of excess $10bn, Multilaw is ranked by Chambers Global as ‘Elite – Band 1’ (one of only 10 networks to achieve such ranking). Andreas has been centrally involved in the international growth and expansion of the network during his time on the board. Philip Lee LLP is the only Irish member of Multilaw.

Recent Work

Advised:

  • Mainstream Renewable Power on the €1bn sale of a majority equity stake in the company to Oslo listed energy investment company, Aker Horizons.
  • eMaint Enterprises, LLC on its US$100m trade sale to Fluke Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of NYSE listed Fortive Corporation.
  • Brera Holdings PLC on its Nasdaq IPO and a subsequent US$100m raise.
  • The shareholders of RSM Ireland on its acquisition by RSM UK.
  • Premier Lotteries Ireland (operator of the Irish National Lottery) on its €350m sale to La Francaise des Jeux (operator of the French National Lottery).
  • UiPath Inc. on its acquisition of WorkFusion.
  • JJ Rhatigan in a €115m joint venture agreement with Balfour Beatty PLC.
  • Sigmoid Pharma Ltd on a US$64m financing by OrbiMed, Longitude Capital and HBM Healthcare Investments.
  • Senior shareholders in Aker Horizons on a €220m strategic financing by DNB.
  • Shareholders of uTrack Software on its sale to Ridango AS.